Privacy Policy

PeasOnToast.co.uk Privacy Policy

Definitions

“we“, “us“, and “our“ means this Website and the owners of this Website; and

“you“ and “your“ means this Website’s users.

Introduction

This Policy governs your privacy whilst using this Website and its sub-sites (if any); it sets out the different areas where your privacy is concerned and outlines your obligations and requirements, and those of ours, whilst using this Website. This Policy also details the way this Website processes, stores and protects your data and information.

If you disagree with any part of this Policy, please do not use this Website. We reserve the right to modify this Policy at any time; you should therefore check periodically for changes. By using this Website after we post any changes, you agree to accept those changes, whether or not you have reviewed them.

This Website

We take a proactive approach to your privacy and ensure the necessary steps are taken to protect your privacy throughout your visiting experience. This Website complies with all UK national laws and requirements for user privacy, as appropriate.

Cookies Policy

Use of Cookies

This Website uses cookies. A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your computer/mobile device when you visit the website. It enables the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login (if applicable), language, font size, use of our cookies, and other display preferences) over a period of time, so you don’t have to keep re-entering such details whenever you come back to this Website or browse from one page to another. Also, some videos embedded in our pages may use a cookie to anonymously gather statistics on how you got there and what videos you visited.

Cookies, such as those provided by Google Analytics, provide you with a tailored experience within this Website. The cookies will not store, save or collect personal information. You can read Google’s Privacy Policy for further information.

Other cookies may be stored on your computer/mobile device by external vendors when this Website uses referral programs, sponsored links or adverts (please see Adverts and Affiliate Links, below). The cookies are used for conversion and referral tracking and typically expire after 30 days, though some may take longer. No personal information is stored, saved or collected.

How to control cookies

The cookie control system provides you with the option on your first visit to this Website, to allow or disallow the use of cookies on your computer/mobile device. Allowing these cookies is not strictly necessary for this Website to work but it will provide you with a better browsing experience. This complies with recent EU legislation requirements for websites to obtain your explicit or implied consent before leaving behind or reading files such as cookies on your computer/mobile device.

You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish – for details, see aboutcookies.org. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most web browsers to prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functionalities may not work.

You are advised that if you wish to deny the use and saving of cookies from this Website on your computer/mobile device, you should take necessary steps within your web browser’s security settings to block all cookies from this Website and any third party websites that it links to.

Contact and communication

When contacting this Website, you do so at your own discretion and provide any such personal details requested at your own risk. Any of your personal information held by us is kept private and stored securely until such time as it is no longer required or has no use, as detailed in the Data Protection Act 1998. Every effort has been made to ensure a safe and secure form to email submission process, but we would advise you that when using such form to email processes, that you do so at your own risk.

We use any information you submit to this Website to provide you with further information about the articles and/or services we offer, or to assist you in answering any queries you may have submitted. This includes using your details to subscribe you to an email newsletter program that this Website operates (but only if this was made clear to you and your express permission was granted when submitting any form to email process).

Email newsletter

This Website operates an email newsletter program to inform subscribers about articles and/or services supplied by this Website. We will never send you unsolicited or spam emails. You can subscribe through an online automated process should you wish to do so, but should do so at your own discretion. Some subscriptions may be manually processed through prior written agreement with you.

Subscriptions will be taken in compliance with UK Spam Laws detailed in the Privacy & Electronic Communications Regulations 2003. All personal details relating to subscriptions will be held in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. No personal details will be passed on to third parties or shared with companies/people outside of the owners of this Website. Under the Data Protection Act 1998, you have a right to access certain personal records we and fraud prevention agencies hold about you. This is called a “subject access request”, which you can make by using our contact form. A fee may be payable, but we will not charge you until we have told you how much the fee is and what it is for, and you have told us you still want to proceed.

Email marketing campaigns when published by this Website or its owners, may contain tracking facilities within the actual email. Subscriber activity is tracked and stored in a database for future analysis and evaluation. Such tracked activity may include the opening of emails, forwarding of emails, clicking of links within the email content, times, dates and frequency of activity. This information is used to refine future email campaigns and supply you with more relevant content based around your activity on this Website.

In compliance with UK Spam Laws and the Privacy & Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 email subscribers will be given the opportunity to un-subscribe at any time through an automated system, detailed at the footer of each email campaign. If an automated un-subscription system is unavailable, clear instructions on how to un-subscribe will be detailed instead.

External third party websites

Although this Website only aims to include quality, safe and relevant links to external third party websites (eg, clickable text/banners/images) (“external links”), you are advised to adopt a policy of caution before clicking any external links on this Website.

Despite our best efforts, we cannot guarantee or verify the content of any external linked website. You should therefore note that if you choose to click on external links, you do so at your own risk, and this Website and its owners cannot be held liable for any damage, loss or implication caused by visiting any external links on this Website.

Disclosure – Adverts and Affiliate Links

This Website contains adverts and affiliate links which will typically be served through our advertising partners, which may have detailed privacy policies relating directly to the adverts/affiliate links you access.

When you click on those adverts and/or affiliate links to make a purchase, we’ll receive a small percentage of advertising fees at no extra cost to you.

This Website is a participant in the Amazon EU Associates Programme, an affiliate advertising programme designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.co.uk. Please see Amazon’s privacy policy for information.

This Website also includes adverts and/or affiliate links with the following companies:

When clicking on adverts and/or affiliate links you will be sent to those websites through a referral program using cookies (which may be saved on your computer/mobile device) which tracks the number of referrals sent from this Website. You should therefore note that when you click on adverts and/or affiliate links, you do so at your own risk, and we cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links from this Website.

Social Media Platforms

Communication, engagement and actions taken through external social media platforms that we may participate in are custom to the terms and conditions as well as the privacy policies held with each social media platform respectively.

You are advised to use social media platforms wisely and communicate/engage upon them with due care and caution with regard to your own privacy and personal details. We will never ask for personal or sensitive information via social media platforms.

This Website may use social sharing buttons which help share web content directly from web pages to the social media platform in question. You are advised before using such social media sharing buttons that you do so at your own risk and discretion, and note that the social media platform may track and save your request to share a web page respectively through your social media platform account.

Shortened Links in Social Media

You are advised to take caution and good judgment before clicking any shortened urls published on social media platforms. Despite our best efforts to ensure only genuine urls are published, many social media platforms are prone to spam and hacking and therefore we cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any shortened links.